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JAMES LESLIE NELSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 19, 1948 – November 8, 1969
Service recordJames Leslie Nelson, of Albert Lea, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 45
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Petroleum Supply Specialist (76W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Albert Lea, Minnesota (Freeborn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 45
- FRANCISCO H DELGADOPrivate First Class · November 8, 1969
- RONALD WARREN GIBSONStaff Sergeant · November 8, 1969
- KENNETH LEE HENKESpecialist Four · November 8, 1969
- MICHAEL STEPHEN HRUTKAYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1969
From Albert Lea
- RICHARD DUANE ODAFFERHospitalman · February 19, 1968
- BARRY ALLEN OLSONSergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- ROGER CARL BANGERTCorporal · January 22, 1969
- BILLY DEAN WEITZELSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD BARNICKSpecialist Four · October 28, 1969
- STEVEN LYNN GREENPrivate First Class · January 2, 1970
- BYRON ALLEN BANGERTCorporal · March 2, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.